Member Questions to Administrators, Matters related to the Forum |
Member Questions to Administrators, Matters related to the Forum |
Sep 21 2020, 05:14 AM
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#91
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Olympus Mons Member No.: 4972 |
Got a question, where can I post about a very large Google Earth overlay set I made of the planets?
-------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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Sep 21 2020, 05:27 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hmm. First off, wow, and good question, thanks for asking! Sounds like it may be an extremely useful resource.
I think a new topic in "Image Processing Techniques" would be the best fit since it's obviously not planet nor mission specific, plus it sounds as if it could be used in many ways for other imaging/cartography applications by others. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Sep 21 2020, 02:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Olympus Mons Member No.: 4972 |
Thanks! I added it there. Sorry if I spam posted the individual planets. I had to since the overlay was too big to post in one post and I plan to update it in the future (which would make it's size increase even more). The only workaround was to divide the overlay set and upload each individual piece with the Moon, Venus, and Mars being subdivided to allow for future updates).
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=8565 I hope you all find it useful (even if forum attachment size limits make it a bit of a chore to download the entirety of) -------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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Feb 3 2021, 12:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Hi Nick,
I guess we’ll have a jump in connexions soon with Perseverance landing. I was wondering if you could provide some general stats as you used to do some years ago. I can see that current topic of Curiosity hit the 200k views but I’ve no idea of general behavior. Thanks Climber -------------------- |
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Feb 4 2021, 01:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
On the subject of forum guests, I was amused to see this just now:
QUOTE There are 239 online users browsing:
1 members and 238 visitors |
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Feb 4 2021, 08:03 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hey!
Climber, I don't have any stats--that was something Doug did, and frankly I just ain't got them mad skillz--but the views on any given topic or thread are cumulative so they don't reflect specific spikes. One thing that DOES happen on landing days (unsurprisingly) is that the number of users on really hits the roof. I believe that we went well over 1000 on Curiosity's landing day & even a bit higher when InSight touched down. The Forum generally attracts a wave of new members afterwards as well, one reason being that we've been called out on at least two occasions that I can recall at JPL post-landing press conferences. Tom, yeah, that's fairly normal but it also can change minute by minute. From what I've seen a large fraction of the 'guests' are apparently automated, likely web crawlers doing scans for search engines. There are of course some actual people as well, but probably not the majority. That said, members pop on and off 24/7/365 from all over the world. There really hasn't been a fixed activity nadir time that I can discern, but it does quiet down a bit during late evening hours in Europe and North America. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 19 2021, 01:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624 |
After Perseverance's successful landing, and has the mission is to seek evidence of past life, how are we going to navigate this topic around rule 1.3?
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Feb 19 2021, 01:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
After Perseverance's successful landing, and has the mission is to seek evidence of past life, how are we going to navigate this topic around rule 1.3? There's a post by Bjorn in the Future Venus Missions thread that would be a good precedent, albeit about the Venusian phosphine paper and implications: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=248107 |
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Feb 19 2021, 02:49 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hey. This has been under discussion for quite some time and we'll make a decision soon. Obviously we have a few months (at least) until there may be a conflict.
Right now, 1.3 remains in effect. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 19 2021, 03:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1592 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
It perseveres, you mean.
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Feb 19 2021, 03:33 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Indeed it does, and I'll get you for that, Steve.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 21 2021, 09:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1669 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Hopefully there can be maintained a balance with Perseverance discussion similar to what we see in this article. Could be some effort to moderate though.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/searching-...ce-mars-samples -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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Mar 15 2021, 04:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 19-June 07 Member No.: 2455 |
One other thing that I think should be addressed in the Perseverance area is the way certain more traditionally broad topics are turning in highly detailed technical ones. Take the Route Map topic for instance. In the MSL area, when we see a new post there it generally means Phil Stooke has added a new map showing a rover movement. In the Perseverance area, that topic now has post after post going over the way cartography works on Mars even getting into the definition of a meter and how it can change. All wonderful information if you plan to do Martian cartography which the majority of us will never tackle but it's getting hard to find just the simple information of "has the rover moved and to where?". Phil's maps are easy to read, generally black and white with clear lines showing the route, no animations or complex explanations as to how the path was computed. I think there's a place for that very technical talk but it shouldn't be in the more broad categories. The same thing goes for the topics that deal with basic daily operations. That page after page of extra info is valuable such as how to debayer images. I've learned a great deal from that discussion but sometimes those tech talks stray into areas that should be more about mission updates or sharing images.
We have some wonderful new posters that are clearly brilliant and love to share their very detailed expertise. I think it would be smart to create or define clearly some very specific topics that those discussions can be herded into and have some general information ones where we can all see the broad events that happen each Sol. |
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Mar 15 2021, 08:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 24-July 15 Member No.: 7619 |
We have some wonderful new posters that are clearly brilliant and love to share their very detailed expertise. I think it would be smart to create or define clearly some very specific topics that those discussions can be herded into and have some general information ones where we can all see the broad events that happen each Sol. Well said. One of the great things about "organic chemistry" is that it is determined by eons of thermodynamics instead of local kinematics. It doesn't matter what the HCNOSP source is, if you cook it long enough, in a wet sedimentary delta that collects and concentrates a diverse array of tiny catalytic mineral crystals, but is not diffusion limited, that huge catalytic surface area basically guarantees you eventually get the same end-result - tholins- aka "star tar" and a corresponding amount of complex chemicals.Archimedes- “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world” Me- “Give me inorganic carbon, a cubic mile of wet minerals to catalyze it, and long enough time, and I can make every organic molecule you can imagine..." https://www.santafe.edu/engage/learn/course...ity-interactive |
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Mar 15 2021, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
I think it would be smart to create or define clearly some very specific topics that those discussions can be herded into and have some general information ones where we can all see the broad events that happen each Sol. The mods do this to a pretty significant extent already and have done so for years. At the end of the day, there are going to be limits to how well any thread will match what you're interested in, and you may just have to scroll past some stuff. That said, I'm sure some posters could be less discursive or avoid posting obviously off-topic material. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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